title: The end of hospital cost shifting and the quest for hospital productivity.
authors.affiliation: VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA; Boston University School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Boston, MA; Leonard Davis Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: Austin B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Frakt
mesh_terms: D003361:Cost Allocation / Q000639:trends*; D004465:Economic Competition; D004469:Economics, Hospital; D004526:Efficiency; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000639:trends*; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics*; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D017664:Uncompensated Care; D014481:United States